Hey y’all!

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Mine was full of friends and babies, and it was fantastic!

Going through the pictures on my phone last night, I realized that I have a TON that need to be posted but just haven’t had a post of their own. Here’s a little bit of what I’ve been up to!

Such a great verse! It is written on one of the walls of my parents’ house.

Colby & Jack

They don’t really get along, but the other day when Colby walked into my bedroom, Jack walked right over to him and let Colby touch him. It was crazy!

Daddy working out before teaching his Tae Kwon Do class. Have I ever mentioned that he is a second-degree black belt? It’s kind of awesome!

Oreo & Hershey

Look! It’s Kerbi!

Not really, but when I was in Dallas at brunch with my girls, we saw this girl sitting several tables away that looked just like her!

This lady that sat in front of Momma and me at the Kellie Pickler concert looked just like Katherine Chancellor on Young and the Restless!

Speaking of Young and the Restless…

After OU lost to Texas Tech or whoever, Joshua Morrow, aka Nick Newman, who is from Oklahoma was tweeting about the game. Just for fun, I tweeted back that OU broke my heart by losing that game. He tweeted me back! Seriously, I’ve been in love with him since I was like 10. It was wonderful :)

Are you gonna eat your tots?

Found this written in a bathroom stall on the way to Tulsa!

Creepy guy sat next to Momma at the Reba concert. He came by himself and listened to his iPod between each act. It was a little weird and his “dancing” was hilarious.

His WHITE pants were ripped in the knees. Lovely.

Well hello, Jack-Jack

I entered an online contest several weeks ago and won a vinyl autographed by Little Big Town! It’s really really cool!

Oh Sandy… “If I stare at my bowl long enough, the food will appear”.

Where is the Oreo??

Paper plate/tissue paper pumpkins I made several weeks ago with the kids I babysit

Yessssssss…

Hope y’all have a great Monday!

This was Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley’s fourth to host the show. Once again, they were fantastic!

2. What will Carrie wear next?

I’m always excited to see what the celebs are going to be wearing. Some dresses are beautiful. Some…not so much.

The Band Perry: New Artist, Song of the Year (If I Die Young), Single of the Year (If I Die Young)

I am ridiculously excited for them! All three of their awards were very well deserved.

Blake Shelton: Male Vocalist

I just love this boy!

Miranda Lambert: Female Vocalist

Sugarland: Vocal Duo

Lady Antebellum: Vocal Group

Jason Aldean: Album of the Year (Yay, Michelle!)

Taylor Swift: Entertainer of the Year

*All photos found here*

*All other photos found here and here*

Did you watch the CMAs? What were your favorite parts?

Link up your TV talk with Neely and me!

Also, Monday is the last day to sign up for the Christmas Ornament Exchange! Get signed up here!

Hey y’all!

Today is all about last night’s wonderful CMA red carpet fashion. Here were the looks I loved!

Carrie Underwood

Miranda Lambert

The Band Perry

Sara Evans

Lauren Alaina

My pick for the worst:

LeAnn Rimes

Did you watch? Who did you love?

*All photos found here, here, and here*

Don’t forget to link up for Boob Tube Babble tomorrow! My full CMA recap will be up!

Wow.

What a crazy few days we’ve had here in Oklahoma!

Around 2 am Saturday morning, we had a 4.7 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was near Sparks, Oklahoma.

Saturday night, we had a 5.6 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Oklahoma history!

Monday night, after having several tornadoes in southwestern Oklahoma, we had a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in the middle of a thunderstorm! This was also the 29th earthquake since Saturday night. Fortunately, out of the three major ones, this was the only one I felt. I do wish I could show you a picture of the terror that came across my cat’s face when the ground started shaking! I was freaked out at the time, but looking back on it now, it was pretty funny!

It seems like things in Oklahoma keep getting more and more unstable. Crazy winds, tornadoes, snowstorms, floods, intense heat, and now earthquakes. We’ve even had hurricanes move inland and still be strong enough to be considered hurricanes.

What’s next? Volcanoes? Tsunamis?

I think it’s time to move…

Hey y’all!

Today, it’s all about the ’80s!

Ashley’s Excellent Eighties

“The Dance”-Garth Brooks
(Sorry, no video)

“Livin’ on a Prayer”-Bon Jovi

“It’s Raining Men”-The Weather Girls

“Alone”-Heart

“Right Here Waiting”-Richard Marx

“The Time of My Life”-Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

“The Heart of Rock & Roll”-Huey Lewis and the News

“Pour Some Sugar On Me”-Def Leppard

“That’s What Friends Are For”-Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, & Stevie Wonder

“I Love Rock-N-Roll”-Joan Jett

What are your favorite 80s songs? Link up with Krystal and Jen!

Oh my goodness, y’all.

Friday night was pretty much the greatest night of my life.

Dream come true.

Yeah…all of that.

In case you missed my tweets/blogs and have no idea what I’m talking about, Friday night, my Momma and I went to Tulsa to see REBA in concert!

I have well over 100 pictures from the concert, but I promise I won’t post all of them :)

Thursday night, I went home to my parents’ house, then Momma and I headed to Tulsa on Friday morning. We stayed at the Double Tree hotel, which is pretty much amazing because they gave us cookies when we checked in. I’m easily impressed!

I was definitely a happy girl!

We had FLOOR SEATS!!

Yay!

I was seriously in shock that I was actually going to see THE Reba!

Ok, now, on to the good stuff!

Edens Edge was the opening band. I had heard of them before the show, but I hadn’t heard any of their music. I was suprised at how much I liked them. Their single “Amen” was really good, and they closed their set with a beautiful acapella gospel song. I will definitely be checking out more of their music.

Meghan

I was REALLY excited to see Steel Magnolia! They were the winners of the latest seasons of Can You Duet, and I’ve loved them since their first single. I was super sad to hear that Josh was not going to be performing with her because he has gone to rehab. Glad he’s getting the help he needs, but sad to not see him.

Meghan sang a few songs on her own…

…then James Otto joined her for a few more!

They sang James’ song “Just Got Started Loving You” and Jamey Johnson’s song “In Color”, which James co-wrote.

They ended the show with Steel Magnolia’s “Keep On Loving You”! Meghan did a great show, and even though I’m not really a fan of James, I enjoyed seeing him too. Also, I LOVED Meghan’s flower headband! Ridiculously cute!

Oh, how I love The Band Perry! I have loved them since their first single “Hip To My Heart”, and I’m an even bigger fan now. I was almost as excited to see them as I was to see Reba, and they definitely didn’t disappoint.

Kimberly is AMAZING! She has a wonderful voice, and you can tell she absolutely loves what she does.

“If I Die Young” brought me to tears! I’ve always gotten a little emotional listening to the song, but last week was the two year anniversary of the death of one of my friends from back home. She had been on my mind already last week, and that song really hit home for me.

They also performed their current single “All Your Life”, “Independence”, “Miss You Being Gone”, and Queen’s “Fat Bottomed Girls”.

They closed the show with “You Lie”, and they started the song with Rihanna’s part of “Love the Way You Lie”. It was really neat twist to the song, and I loved it!

Now, before I get into the Reba pictures, I have a little bit of explaining to do. I grew up listening to country music. Until probably middle school, country music was all I knew. I don’t know how it is in other states, but growing up in Oklahoma, you develop an appreciation for Oklahoma artists. Reba, Garth, and Vince are legends in my eyes, so for me, this concert was not just seeing Reba McEntire-country artist. It was REBA, Queen of Country Music.

Y’all, that’s Reba.

I just might have said “That’s Reba” to Momma when she walked out on stage. Starstruck doesn’t even being to describe it.

She opened the show with the title track from her latest CD “All The Women I Am”.

She sang several of my favorite newer songs, such as “Consider Me Gone”, “I Want a Cowboy”, and “Strange”, as well as many of her older hits like “Is There Life Out There”, “Why Haven’t I Heard From You”, “Take It Back”, “I’d Rather Ride Around with You”, “The Fear of Being Alone”, and “The Greatest Man I Never Knew”, plus many others.

Her backup singer was having the best time!

Kimberly joined her for “Does He Love You”! They sounded great together!

And that, my friends, is what you call the Reba stink eye. Kimberly should be scared for trying to steal Reba’s man! :)

This was probably my favorite song of the night.

When she sang “I’m a Survivor”, the theme from her show “Reba”, they played clips from the show!

It’s Barbara Jean!

Of course, she ended the show with “Fancy”!

It was an amazing night! Reba knows how to put on a show, and she picked a great group of opening acts. I enjoyed every moment of it, and I’m glad I got to experience it with my Momma!

Hey y’all!

I am super excited to be partnering with some awesome ladies to host a Christmas Ornament Exchange!

The wonderful Jenn from Knee-Deep in Munchkin Land had such a great idea for a fun holiday exchange. Here are the details:

*Click on the picture above to sign-up.

*We will accept entries until Monday, November 14th.

*You will get your partner’s information on Wednesday, November 16th.

*All packages should be mailed by Wednesday, November 30th.

Be sure to check out all of the other ladies hosting!

Jenn from Knee-Deep in Munchkin Land

Kerbi from So Are You to Me

Addie from Just Another Day in the Life

Emily from A Beautiful Beginning

Leah from The Imperfect Momma

Ashleigh from This Lil Heart of Mine

Sonya from Ladybugs, Butterflies, & Boxing

Karah from Chateau Stracener

Faith from Walk With Me By Faith

I think this will be a lot of fun, and I hope many of you will join in! Please let me know if you have questions!

Hope y’all have a great weekend!

So much for my World Series post I had planned for today :(

Time for weekly TV talk with Neely and me!

Here’s what I watched this week.

I’m seriously loving this season of The Sing-Off! This week was their Superstar medley week. Since the show aired on Halloween, their opening number was a fun Halloween medley.

My favorite group Delilah is still in the competition. They peformed an Alicia Keys medley that was AWESOME!

I also watched Private Practice this week.

All I have to say about that is Addison should never sing.

Seriously.

One last thing before I go. Wednesday is the CMA Awards, so you know I’ll be talking about that next week. Here’s a little preview!

What are you watching this week? Link up with Neely and me!

…to Tulsa, that is!

Tomorrow, I’m off to Tulsa to meet up with my Momma. We are spending the evening with the Queen of Country Music herself!

I have seriously been a Reba fan for as long as I can remember. She is a great performer and has such wonderful songs. She also seems like a really great person. I have always wanted to see her live, and I can’t believe it’s actually happening!

We will also be seeing these guys!

Ooh, I love these guys so much! They have been on my ‘list of people to see’ pretty much since I heard their first single. I’m ridiculously excited!

Except, I think that it’s just Meghan because I’m pretty sure Josh is still in rehab :(

I really don’t know who these guys are, but the more the merrier, right?

It’s going to be a really fun night, and I’m excited I get to share it with my Momma!

*Also, a big Happy Birthday to my Mom-mom! I hope your day is awesome! Love you!*

Don’t forget, Boob Tube Babble is tomorrow! Also, there will be a special post coming tomorrow. I’m joining with several other awesome ladies for some holiday fun!

Hey y’all!

Krystal and Jen are hosting an awesome music link-up beginning today! Every Tuesday from today through December 6th, they are hosting a top 10 music list.

Ohh, let me tell ya, I had the hardest time narrowing my lists down to 10 songs. For someone who loves music as much as I do, it’s almost impossible! When I started compiling today’s list, I had 31 songs to choose from. Don’t worry, I stuck to only 10!

Today’s list is songs before 1979.

Ashley’s Oldies but Goodies

“Stop In the Name of Love”-The Supremes

“A House is not a Home”-Dionne Warwick

“Respect”-Aretha Franklin

“Burning Love”-Elvis Presley

“Can’t Help Falling in Love”-Elvis Presley

“My Girl”-The Temptations

“Let It Be”-The Beatles

“You’re the One that I Want”-John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

“I Feel the Earth Move”-Carole King

“Bridge Over Troubled Water”-Simon & Garfunkle

What are your favorite classic older songs? Link up with Krystal and Jen! Check out their blogs for the full schedule!